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Re: Archives/records ma



As an anodyne to this brow-beating, one should review one of the last B&W
episodes of THE AVENGERS, (1966-"A Sense of History") in which the archivist
is the criminal mastermind....

His self-justification, while obviously overblown, sounds remarkably similar
to ones we've read on this list.   ;>)

There is also the wonderful episode of SLEDGE HAMMER in which Sledge and
Dori do research in the police archives, and the archivist is so stir-crazy
that she is baking pies, offering gifts, ANYTHING to keep the visitor there.

In either case, it is clear that we are underpaid, generally isolated, and
not well understood.  Might as well have fun with it.

John Howard Fowler
Consulting Archivist
3221 W. 177th St.
Torrance CA 90504-4003
310-327-5848
az248@lafn.org
http://www.lafn.org/~az248/JHF.htm

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